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Toyah Miller

ÑÇÖÞAV Costello College of Business Faculty Toyah Miller
Titles and Organizations

Professor, Management
Additional Roles:Ìý
Director of Research for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Contact Information

·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýtmille8@gmu.edu
±Ê³ó´Ç²Ô±ð:Ìý(703) 993-1816
Office Location:ÌýEnterprise Hall 209
Office Hours: by appointment

Biography

Dr. Toyah Miller is a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Costello College of Business. She received her doctorate in Management at Texas A&M University, and before getting her doctorate, she worked as a management consultant for Ernst & Young. Her research focuses on four interrelated areas: entrepreneurship, innovation and change, international strategy, and corporate governance. Her entrepreneurship research explores topics on mentoring in accelerators, entrepreneurial networks, and new venture strategy. In addition, she has a strong interest in social entrepreneurship and inclusive innovation and is the Director of Research for the . She has published in such journals asÌýAcademy of Management Review,ÌýAcademy of Management Journal,ÌýOrganization Science,ÌýStrategic Management Journal, andÌýEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice. She currently serves as an associate editor of theÌýJournal of ManagementÌýand on the editorial board ofÌýJournal of Business VenturingÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Research InterestsÌý

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation
  • Strategic change
  • International strategy and corporate governance
  • Social entrepreneurship

Research and Awards

  • Krause, R., & Miller, T. L. 2020. From strategic leaders to societal leaders: On the expanding social role of executives and boards.ÌýJournal of Management, 46 (8): 1315–1321.
  • Batjargal, B., Tsui, A, Hitt, M. A., Arregle, J. L., Miller, T. L, & Webb, J. 2020 National culture, women and men entrepreneurs’ social networks and new venture growth.ÌýCross Cultural & Strategic Management,Ìý26 (4): 490-521.
  • ÌýArregle, J. L., Miller, T. L., Hitt, M. A., & Beamish, P. W. 2018. The role of MNEs’ internationalization patterns in their regional integration of FDI locations.ÌýJournal of World Business,Ìý53(6), 896-910.
  • ÌýArregle, J. L., Miller, T. L., Beamish, P. W., Hitt, M. A. 2016. How does regional institutional complexity affect MNE internationalization?.ÌýJournal of International BusinessÌýStudies,Ìý47(6): 697–722.
  • Arregle, J. L., Batjargal, B., Hitt, M. A., Webb, J., & Miller, T. L, Tsui, A. 2015. Family ties in entrepreneurs’ social networks and new venture success.ÌýÌýEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 39(2): 313–344.
  • Triana, M., Miller, T. L, and Trzebiatowski, T. M. 2014. The double-edged nature of board gender diversity: Diversity, firm performance, and the power of women directors as predictors of strategic change.ÌýOrganization Science, 25(2): 609-632.
  • Batjargal, B., Tsui, A., Arregle, J. L., Hitt, M. A., Webb, J., & Miller, T. L. 2013. Institutional polycentrism, entrepreneurs’ social networks and new venture growth.ÌýAcademy of Management Journal, 56: 1024-1049.
  • Grimes, M., McMullen, J., Vogus, T., & Miller, T. L., 2013. Studying the origins of social entrepreneurship: compassion and the role of embedded agency.ÌýAcademy of Management Review, 38: 460-463.
  • Arregle, J. L., Miller, T. L., Beamish, P. W., Hitt, M. A. 2013. Do regions matter? An integrated institutional and semi-globalization perspective on the internationalization of MNEs.ÌýStrategicÌýManagement Journal, 34: 910–934.
  • Miller, T. L., Wesley, C., & Williams, D. A. 2013. Educating the minds of caring hearts: Understanding social entrepreneurship competencies needed for practice and taught in the classroom.ÌýAcademy of Management Learning & Education, 11: 349-370.
  • Holmes, R. M., Miller, T. L., Hitt, M. A., & Salmador, M. P. 2013. The interrelationships among informal institutions, formal institutions, and inward foreign direct investment.ÌýJournal of Management, 39(2): 531-566.
  • Miller, T. L., Grimes, M., McMullen, J., & Vogus, T. 2012. Venturing with heart and head: Compassionately creating value through social enterprise.ÌýAcademy of Management Review, 37: 616-640.
  • Connelly, B., Miller, T. L., & Devers, C. 2012. Trust, but verify: A model of individuated distrust and trust in interorganizational relationships.ÌýStrategic Management Journal, 33: 820-833.
  • Miller, T. L., & Wesley, C. 2010. Assessing mission and resources for social change: An organizational identity perspective on social venture capitalists’ decision criteria.ÌýEntrepreneurship Theory & Practice,Ìý34(4): 305–333.
  • 2009 Best Paper Award – NYU Satter Conference on Social Entrepreneurship
  • Miller, T. L., & Triana, M. 2009. Demographic diversity in the boardroom: Mediators of the board diversity-firm performance relationship.ÌýJournal of Management Studies,Ìý46: 755–786.
  • Certo, T. S., & Miller, T. L. 2008. Social entrepreneurship: Key issues and concepts.ÌýBusiness HorizonsÌý51: 267–271.
  • Hitt, M. A., Tihanyi, L., Miller, T. L., & Connelly, B. 2006. International diversification: Antecedents, moderators, and outcomes.ÌýJournal of Management,Ìý32: 831–867.
  • 2006ÌýJournal of ManagementÌýBest Paper of the Year Award

Teaching Interests

  • Strategic Management
  • Innovation Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Entrepreneurship